www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Tuareghttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/tuareg/?utm_medium=RSS2014-05-20T23:07:13-04:00Mali urges UN to demand disarmament of all groups2014-05-20T23:07:13-04:00EDITH M. LEDERERhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/20/mali-urges-un-to-demand-disarmament-of-all-groups/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Mali's foreign minister urged the U.N. Security Council at an emergency meeting Tuesday to demand that all armed groups in the volatile West African nation lay down their weapons, especially separatist Tuareg rebels who launched a deadly attack over the weekend in the northern town ...Explosion rocks north Mali town of Kidal 2013-09-29T10:49:47-04:00Baba Ahmedhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/29/explosion-rocks-north-mali-town-kidal/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>BAMAKO, <span>Mali</span> (AP) &mdash; An explosion went off Sunday afternoon in Kidal near a storage facility for the U.N. World Food Program, the latest violence to hit northern <span>Mali</span> in recent days.</p> <p>It was not immediately clear whether there were casualties following the blast, said Daouda Maiga, a Kidal official. ...Turbulent Mali braces for elections2013-04-22T22:28:05-04:00Kristina Wonghttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/22/turbulent-mali-braces-for-elections/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Mali will need all the international support it can get to successfully conduct elections in July, the country's first since an international military intervention helped the West African nation beat back a takeover by Islamic extremists in the North, a Mali official said Monday.</p> <p>A lot is riding on the ...Gadhafi's son on the lam2011-11-09T18:49:07-05:00Michelle Faul http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/9/gadhafis-son-on-the-lam/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>JOHANNESBURG <span class="st">&mdash;</span> A fugitive wanted by the International Criminal Court, Moammar Gadhafi's one-time heir apparent appears to have disappeared in the Sahara Desert's ocean of dunes and could remain hidden for months in an area more than twice the size of Texas.</p> <p>Seif al-Islam Gadhafi may be plotting a ...